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The 2017 MotoGP News, Rumors and Other Info Thread

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#2 ·
Bring it!
 
#6 ·
Holy crash-fest batman!
 
#9 ·
Immediately after the crash he said it was Iannone's fault. Reading the one article, it seems he's changed his tune with some time to reflect.

Something tells me he's going to have a long season...
 
#10 ·
In the press conference he said he started off the season (testing) on the wrong foot because he wanted to lower the bike to make it more Yamaha-like. It turns out this was a mistake because after they switched the bike back to its normal height and he started adapting his riding style he felt a big improvement that he wasn't able to display cos of his crash. We will see how big of an improvement it turns out to be.

On an unrelated note, I love how when Iannone is involved in your crash his first reaction is to blame it on Iannone :))) To be fair, it's quite unusual for Iannone not to deserve any blame :)

:edit

I just saw Max already posted an article about the bike height - I'm late to the party as usual.
 
#19 ·
The only thing I can think of is with the success Chad Davies is having in WSBK, maybe Ducati was wanting to try to get someone with a smoother style and make the GP bike work. Seems pretty wishful, especially since riders have complained for years that they have no feel with the front. There's no way to get that fast, flowing, smoothness if you can't feel the front.

It would be nice to see them make some headway but they just seem to be pissing up a rope.
 
#23 ·
FP2 results

1 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 330.9 2'04.061
2 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 330.7 2'04.347 0.286 / 0.286
3 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 331.0 2'04.451 0.390 / 0.104
4 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 331.1 2'04.806 0.745 / 0.355
5 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 331.8 2'04.811 0.750 / 0.005
6 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 334.3 2'04.830 0.769 / 0.019
7 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda Honda 328.3 2'05.005 0.944 / 0.175
8 94 Jonas FOLGER GER Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 332.3 2'05.033 0.972 / 0.028
9 45 Scott REDDING GBR OCTO Pramac Racing Ducati 333.1 2'05.116 1.055 / 0.083
10 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 327.2 2'05.142 1.081 / 0.026
11 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Ducati Team Ducati 336.5 2'05.282 1.221 / 0.140
12 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA OCTO Pramac Racing Ducati 332.9 2'05.284 1.223 / 0.002
13 43 Jack MILLER AUS EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 331.6 2'05.463 1.402 / 0.179
14 41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 327.6 2'05.468 1.407 / 0.005
15 8 Hector BARBERA SPA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 337.9 2'05.584 1.523 / 0.116
16 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 339.9 2'05.602 1.541 / 0.018
17 53 Tito RABAT SPA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 330.4 2'05.943 1.882 / 0.341
18 42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 330.4 2'06.155 2.094 / 0.212
19 76 Loris BAZ FRA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 326.6 2'06.358 2.297 / 0.203
20 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 330.2 2'06.503 2.442 / 0.145
21 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Pull&Bear Aspar Team Ducati 328.4 2'06.709 2.648 / 0.206
22 22 Sam LOWES GBR Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 326.6 2'06.741 2.680 / 0.032
23 38 Bradley SMITH GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 326.8 2'07.434 3.373 / 0.693
The Frenchman is super impressive IMO. He's not even on a factory bike and is a MotoGP rookie and he's able to produce some excellent results IMO.
 
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